Announcement: "My Little Pony: The Count of Monte Cristo" is coming

Indeed, it is. After alot of deliberation with my own thoughts, and after having alot of encouragement from alot of good folks (Or a few, but those few were VERY excellent), i've decided to follow up on my one-shot idea, and make a full-fledged story retelling "The Count of Monte Cristo". It might take a while, but I have a feeling this is a story i'm gonna end up sticking to.:) For simplicities sake, i'm gonna go ahead, and explain ahead of time how this world of mine works.

Try and picture it like this:

In the world of my version of "The Count of Monte Cristo", Shining Armor plays the role of Edmond Dantes. Alot happens similarly to the show, but not all that much. Nightmare Moon fills the role of Napoleon Bonaparte, and has been engaged in civil war with Celestia’s kingdom for years - though she is separate from Princess Luna. Several years before the MLP series would begin, King Sombra and Tirek would be reformed. Or at least given a chance to live peacefully in the world if they were willing to serve in the military. Both accepted, knowing things might be better for them if they do. Sombra Mondego, the dreaded/former king of the crystal empire, appeared a year before Tirek, and was found by Shining "Dantes" Armor, and nursed to health. For the first time in his life, Sombra sees what kindness, and compassion can bring, and becomes Shining Armor’s closest friend. And the two of them serve as lieutenants to an unnamed General. Tirek, however, being of a more militaristic distinction, rose up the ranks to become Lieutenant General, which is the highest position in the Equestrian military. And all 3 of them serve in the Equestrian Military, which often leads them overseas at times. Though he IS rough around the edges, Shining eventually befriends Tirek, as well. To a lesser degree.

And, of course, Sombra has feelings for Cadenza "Cadence" Mercedes, who is still Celestia’s niece, but the Crystal Empire hasn’t appeared yet. So, for the time being, they all live in the town by the sea named Mareseilles (Marseilles). Twilight Sparkle is still a princess who lives in ponyville. However, she was also appointed a position within the Equestrian Military concerning the shipping trades which finance the overseas expeditions. Chancellor Neighsay plays the role of Chief Prosecutor, Villefort, who left the EEA to do more good as a prosecutor, as he has a strong sense of justice. Let's just say he's a little less racist in this story, since he learned to get over it so that he could perform his duties within the law fairly, and unbiased.

Alot of the locations remain the same, as said in the paragraphs above. Though, as per the actual norm of the series it's based on, i'll give some of the locations pun-based names, like "MAREseilles", "Praris", and I guess "Romane", which is Rome. The rest, like Chateau D'if and Monte Cristo, stay the same.

And because the musical is epic, and amazing, and MLP is a musical series, this fanfic WILL have the songs from the original musical. Or at least the English soundtrack, with some of the other songs thrown in there. I feel like this story couldn't possibly work without them, so it's a final decision. I only hope everyone on here ends up enjoying this series when it begins. It feels like it could be great, and i really want to see this done. Thank you all for your time, and have a good day.:)